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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
1
The city election drew broad participation as residents weighed tax and governance. The newspaper notes mixed support for the incumbent and reformist candidates, highlightingwidespread engagement and concerns over tax measures and leadership qualities.
The Atlantic city vote results show Tom Cunningham and Chet Odem winning ward seats with opponents defeated in the Fourth and Third wards respectively. Henry Walters, W. E. Johnsson, Roy Hades, G. Whitney, and John Boolipsen secure roles as council members and treasurer, with Ross J. Gamblin elected park commissioner. The paper pledges support for the new administration led by the late Philip Trainer’s legacy.
In a Rotary talk Dr OQ C Morrison of Carrell criticizes modern medical specialization and broader professional partitioning. He laments loss of general practice and urges balance across trades and professions to avoid fragmentation and hollow expertise.
Testimony in a New York court shows Lillian Gish unable to read a contract and signing as directed, prompting discussion of actors' literacy and the public halo around stage and screen figures. Charles Duell seeks to compel Gish to honor her contract with him amid broader talk of movie culture.
A fragmented montage of aphorisms critiques ignorance, manners, and money with jumbled phrases about pajamas vacations and alarms. The piece cites a 1925 NEA service credit, weaving scattered maxims into a satirical mosaic of everyday folly and misused language.
The speaker laments Dave Bingbat, a so called handy man who can grease a sedan, paint doors, plow, brick a wall, and nurse a cow, yet lives lost in poverty with bailiffs at his door and constant illness. The piece contrasts his skill with his poverty.
An distressed narrator pleads for a licensed vet to save a sick horse as the vet charges seven and fifty cents for services. The bus declines further treatment, leaving the horse and owner in frustration. The text laments low-paid helpers and the public’s pity for the struggling animal caretaker.
Twenty years ago today a foot protest in the second ward aimed to remove a gag plant as a health measure. The Atlantic Commercial College winter term closed. The city council discussed a new consent resolution for Rock Island Brewing two saloons. Hospital had no patient. J S Goss left for Des Moines to join pharmacy commissioners. Wissler moves to Atlantic as bank clerk for the First National Bank in Extra. Ten years ago today March 12 1915 Passover festival observed by Jews worldwide. Columbus Prall injured, crutch bound. Farmers Saving Bank clerical hire. The Nebe Shoe Co. style show drew crowds. Mrs Anna E Weidner died. Ishmael at the opera house entertained a fair crowd. The Great War: Russian forces join to take Carpathian fortress. Austrians advance after pushing Russians from Bukovina frontier. An American engineer missing from the liner Falaba torpedoed by a German sub. No minesweep on Dardanelles since March 18.
Real estate transfer recorded: Robert L. Leach receiver transfers to Clyde H. Bowen the southeast four of section four and the well described parcel in section 28 township seven range six, valued at 50 00. The transaction recd and noted as se4 sa4 28 and Sz MWe 20-36 sd n2-se4 of ne 28-7.
A. R. Corey announces enlargement and remodeling of the Iowa State Fair midway. The project extends the area east from the amphitheater to the Old Mill, with improved drainage and space for shows. A new field south of the streetcar entrance will host team pulling contests to accommodate more spectators.
An aged Limburger cheese description notes its strong odor arises from fermentations during ripening. The cheese is formed into cakes about two inches thick from sweet milk and not pressed. The main cause of the putrefactive fermentation is the extremely moist condition of its storage.
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